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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of ___________..."
(a) Ethereal madness
(b) Painful suffering
(c) Supernatural wonder
(d) Stark reality

2. The perilous journey [of the hero] was a labor not of attainment, but of ___________."
(a) Re-attainment
(b) Remembering
(c) Stealing
(d) Fighting

3. What is ultimately glorious in life and in celebrations of love and beauty?
(a) Peace
(b) Journey
(c) Dedication
(d) Time

4. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.
(a) Religious
(b) Misguided
(c) Incorrect
(d) Spirtual

5. What kind of myth is the story of the man who dreamed of killing his father and taking care of his mother?
(a) Unrealistic
(b) Disturbed
(c) Narcissius
(d) Oedipal

Short Answer Questions

1. "______ is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation."

2. _________ thus asserts that all reality emerges from a transcendent, universal, sub-conscious and ultimately unknowable truth.

3. What is the center, a source from which all truth flows?

4. What does Campbell say are used to signify and to assist in the breaking of the attachment to one's parent?

5. Who is the figure that returns with the Ten Commandments?

(see the answer key)

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